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Did you know that a child who spends just one hour a week with a mentor is less likely to hit someone, skip school, skip class, and start using drugs or alcohol? And that’s not all - mentoring a child can help enrich a child’s life as much as your own. Check out the reasons why:
Kids stay in school
While the nation’s...

The world moves fast these days, but that doesn’t mean we can’t learn from the past. In fact, by combining the lessons of history with the technologies of today, we can strengthen our communities at a time when they are more divided than in years.
I grew up in northwest Indiana in the 1960s and 1970s. It was, at times, a challenging...

Gaining employment in a turbulent economy is challenging. For refugees struggling to find their financial footing, that challenge is multiplied. That’s what Taniel Taneilian was facing when he fled war-torn Syria to start a new life in Toronto.
In 2014, Taniel and his family were forced out of their hometown in Kessab by rebel forces...

“Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly,” wrote Martin Luther King, Jr. in his 1963 letter from the Birmingham, Alabama jail. Two years later in a speech he added, “I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be.”
What better way then, to honor Dr. King’s legacy, than by...

Now that tax reform is a reality, you may be wondering, like many taxpayers, how the new law will impact your bottom line. It’s our view that the tax overhaul falls short of providing relief to low and middle income families, as well as donors to charity. Here are four ways tax reform impacts communities and nonprofit organizations...

New Year’s Resolutions are a hallmark of the month of January. Making more money, saving money and spending less money are usually somewhere near the top of the list. But as we all know, without a specific plan in place, many New Year’s resolutions, are never achieved. To address common financial concerns in Flemington, New...